On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Bruce Walker<[email protected]> wrote:
On 10-11-16 7:07 AM, Jaume Lahuerta wrote:
Indeed...and the K-5 is growing a very good reputation in the
'industry'...(lesnumeriques just tested the 60D and they say that it is a
good
camera but not at the level of K-5/D7000)
The looser here semms the K-r...well...maybe the success of the K-x was
based on
the fact that it surpassed the K-7 in some respects, and this is not the
case of
the K-r vs. K-5.
Regards,
Jaume
It can only be a good thing that the K-5 trounces the K-r in *all* respects.
There was clear confusion in the market (as evidenced by the PDML
sub-market) that the K-x beat the K-7 in a few ways and that hurt the K-7's
reputation and Pentax sales.
The K-5 seems to be entirely made of win. The K-r should benefit from the
new Pentax halo effect.
-bmw
I think the K-r's biggest problem is that it's too much a K-x with
tweaks and the K-x is just so cheap now that the price difference is a
bit hard to justify for many. Still looks like a great little camera
but it's lost between the much higher-end K-5 and the much cheaper
K-x.
--Adam
I bet that the announced plan to keep the K-x will evaporate soon
enough, the K-x will be EOL'ed and the K-r will price-drop to become the
new entry-level product.
I recall that roughly the same thing happened to the K20D when the K-7
was announced. I remember reading that "the K-7 is a different beast
entirely from the K20D and there's room for both" or words to that
effect. Hah! K20D was EOL'ed in 6 months or less.
It's all Marketing blather designed to avoid the Osborne effect.
-bmw
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